New species of Anelaphus and Poecilomallus (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Cerambycinae, Elaphidiini) from Nicaragua

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Faunitaxys, 9(9), 2021: 1-6.

New Species of Anelaphus and Poecilomallus (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae,
Cerambycinae, Elaphidiini) from Nicaragua

SERGIO DEVESA (1), STEVEN W. LINGAFELTER (2) & ANTONIO SANTOS-SILVA (3)

(1) La Iglesia, 4, 36988 O Grove-San Vicente, Pontevedra, Espafia.
- sergio.devesa@gmail.com - Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4159-4776

- ZooBank: http://zoobank. org/AD8E9FB4-1249-43B9-B4B3-B633721E4D39

(2) 8920 S. Bryerly Ct., Hereford, Arizona, U.S.A.

- elaphidion@gmail.com

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(3) Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Avenida Nazaré # 481, 04263-000, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.

- toncriss@uol.com.br - Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7128-1418

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Abstract. — Two new species of Elaphidiini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae),
Anelaphus vandenberghei sp. nov. and Poecilomallus longispinus sp. nov. are described

Devesa S., Lingafelter S. W. & Santos-Silva A., 2021. — New species of Anelaphus and Poecilomallus
(Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Cerambycinae, Elaphidiini) from Nicaragua. Faunitaxys, 9(9): 1-6.

ZooBank: http://zoobank.org/356CA3D6-0A 24-496E-94B8-B44B4D635E38

Keywords:
Coleoptera; new species; fr ;
bs fodecee ‘om Nicaragua.
Cerambycidae; description; gu
Elaphidiini; morphology;
Anelaphus; distribution;
Poecilomallus; Nicaragua;
taxonomy; neotropical region.
Introduction

Nicaragua is very diverse for Cerambycidae, like most tropical
countries. The Titan Cerambycidae database lists 269 species of
longhomed beetles having their type locality in Nicaragua
(Tavakilian & Chevillotte, 2021). Of these, 19 species are in the tribe
Elaphidiini, a large and diverse tribe of Cerambycinae that occurs
throughout North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean
and Antillean Islands. Many more species of elaphidiines have
known distributions throughout Nicaragua and in this study, two
new species of Elaphidiini in the genera Anelaphus and
Poecilomallus are described from Nicaragua. Most material was
collected by the first author and Eric van den Berghe.

Material and Methods

Measurements and photographs of the holotype of Anelaphus
vandenberghei sp. nov. and Poecilomallus longispinus sp. nov.
were made by the first author using an ocular micrometer adapted to
an Olympus SZX7 0.8-5.6X stereomicroscope; photographs were
taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mark III DSLR camera equipped with a
Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-SX macro lens, controlled by Cognisys
Stackshot; photographs were stacked using Zerene Stacker
AutoMontage software and processed with Capture One 21 software.

Measurements and photographs of the ACMT paratype were made by
the third author with a Canon EOS Rebel T3i DSLR camera, Canon
MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5X macro lens, controlled by Zerene Stacker
AutoMontage software. Measurements were taken in “mm” using
measuring ocular Hensoldt/Wetzlar - Mess 10 in the Leica MZ6
stereomicroscope, also used in the study of the specimens.

Measurements of the DJHC paratypes were made by the second author
with a Nikon Digital Sight DS-F12 camera mounted on a Nikon
SMZ18 Stereomicroscope equipped with SHR Plan Apo 0.5X lens.

The acronyms used in the text are as follow:

— ACMT: James E. Wappes, American Coleoptera Museum, San
Antonio, Texas, U.S.A.

—DJHC: Daniel Heffern Collection, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.

—FSCA: Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A.
—JVCO: Josef Vlasak collection, Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

—MHNUSC: Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad de Santiago
de Compostela, Spain

—MZSP: Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
—SDPC: Sergio Devesa Private Collection, Pontevedra, Spain
—SWLC: Steven W. Lingafelter Collection, Hereford, Arizona, U.S.A.

Results

Anelaphus vandenberghei sp. nov.
(Fig. 1-9)
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Elaphidion scabricolle; Maes et al., 2010: 195, figure.

Holotype, 3: NICARAGUA, Rivas: Isla de Ometepe, Estacién Biolégica
San Ramon (slopes of Volcan Maderas) (11°25’27’°N/85°31°48”W), 30.1.
2000, S. Devesa leg. (MHNUSC, temporarily in SDPC).

Paratypes:

— 1 9: NICARAGUA, Madriz: Tepesomoto Pataste, Arenal [El Arenal
Natural Reserve], 1350 m, 20.IV.2006, E. van den Berghe leg. (FSCA,
formerly ACMT).

—1 9: NICARAGUA, Masaya vic., Laguna de Apollo, 21-I-1992, E. van
den Berghe leg. (DJHC).

—1: same locality and collector, 26-XII-1991 (DJHC).
— 1: same locality and collector, XI-1991 (DJHC, donated to SWLC).

— 1 3: COSTA RICA, Guanacaste province (10°47 16.8”N/85°33’03.6”W),
02. VII1.2014, J. Vlasak leg. SVCO).

2 DEVESA S., LINGAFELTER S. W. & SANTOS-SILVA A. — New Elaphidiini from Nicaragua

Description of the male holotype (Fig. 1-5).

Coloration. — Dorsal and lateral surface of head-capsule dark brown;
ventral surface of head-capsule dark reddish brown, gradually lighter toward
prothorax (sides of area close to prothorax yellowish brown), except dark
brown anterior carina. Anteclypeus and labrum reddish brown with dark
brown areas interspersed. Ventral mouthparts mostly reddish brown with
brown, yellowish-brown, and yellowish-white areas interspersed. Scape dark
reddish brown with apex darker; pedicel mostly brown; antennomeres III-V
orangish brown with apex brownish, and remaining antennomeres dark
reddish brown. Pronotum and sides of prothorax dark brown; prosternum dark
brown anteriorly, dark reddish brown posteriorly, except dark brown margins
of procoxal cavities, and posterior area of prosternal process. Ventral surface
of meso- and metathorax dark brown laterally, reddish brown centrally, except
dark brown margins of mesocoxal cavities and mesoventral process.
Scutellum and elytral suture dark brown (dark brown area widened basally,
surrounding scutellum), remaining elytral surface reddish brown. Femora and
tibiae mostly reddish brown; tarsi mostly dark brown. Abdominal ventrites
reddish brown, with dark reddish-brown areas interspersed, except yellowish
apex of ventrites I-IV, and apex of V orangish brown.

Head. — Frons coarsely, abundantly punctate; with abundant,
somewhat bristly light yellowish-brown pubescence not obscuring
integument, distinctly sparser centrally. Vertex coarsely, sparsely
punctate except finer, denser punctures close to prothoracic margin,
except smooth central area, from between upper eye lobes to near
prothoracic margin; with light yellowish-brown pubescence, denser
close to antennal tubercles and part of inner margin of upper eye lobes,
sparse on remaining surface, except glabrous smooth central area.
Area behind eyes with narrow sulcus close to eye; finely rugose-
punctate behind upper eye lobes, smooth close to lower eye lobe, and
finely, moderately abundantly punctate on remaining surface; area
close to vertex with abundant light yellowish-brown pubescence close
to eye, sparse close to prothorax; remaining surface with sparse
yellowish-white pubescence, except glabrous area close to lower eye
lobe; with a few long, erect yellowish-white setae close to upper eye
lobe. Genae finely, somewhat rugose-punctate; with yellowish-white
pubescence not obscuring integument, slightly yellower toward frons.
Wide central area of postclypeus with pale yellow pubescence not
obscuring integument close to frons, yellowish-white, sparse, bristly
close to anteclypeus; sides of postclypeus glabrous. Labrum
horizontal, almost coplanar with anteclypeus at posterior 2/3, inclined
at anterior third; with very sparse yellowish-white pubescence on
horizontal area, and long, moderately abundant setae on inclined area
(setae yellowish-white centrally, denser, yellowish-brown laterally).
Mandibles coarsely, confluently punctate on outer side of basal 3/4,
smooth on apical quarter; punctate area of outer side with sparse
yellowish-white pubescence, and tuft of long yellowish-brown setae
near smooth apical area. Gulamentum smooth, glabrous on posterior
half, coarsely, moderately abundant punctate, with sparse, bristly
yellowish-white setae on anterior half. Distance between upper eye
lobes 0.42 times length of scape (0.24 times distance between outer
margins of eyes); in frontal view, distance between lower eye lobes
0.83 times length of scape (0.48 times distance between outer margins
of eyes). Antennae 1.37 times elytral length, not reaching elytral apex.
Scape coarsely, abundantly punctate except smooth apex (smooth area
wider on outer side of dorsal surface and outer side); with abundant
light yellowish-brown pubescence not obscuring integument,
pubescence gradually sparser, yellowish-white toward ventral surface,
and gradually longer ventrally toward apex. Pedicel with sparse
yellowish-white pubescence, and long, erect yellowish-white setae
ventrally. Antennomeres with yellowish-white pubescence not
obscuring integument (slight yellower dorsally on basal segments);
ventral surface of antennomere [III with long, erect, moderately
abundant yellowish-white setae; ventral surface of antennomeres IV-X
with a few long, erect yellowish-white setae ventrally; inner apex of
antennomere III (Fig. 5) with short spine (spine slight shorter than
half of apical width of antennomere); inner apex of antennomere IV
(Fig. 5) with spine distinctly shorter than that on III; inner apex of
antennomeres V to VIII slightly projected, decreasing in size to a very
small, rounded spicule.

Antennal formula based on antennomere III:

Scape = 1.20. — Pedicel = 0.30. — IV = 0.90. — V = 1.0. — VI = 1.0.
VII = 1.0. — VII = 0.90. — IX = 0.80. — X = 0.70. — XI = 0.95.

Thorax. — Prothorax barrel-shaped. Pronotum mostly finely,
contiguously punctate except shiny, smooth elongated elliptical area
centrally, from slightly after apex of anterior third to posterior seventh;
punctures around median impunctate region much smaller than those at
elytral base; moderately opaque, slightly rugose area centrally from anterior
seventh to smooth elliptical area, and smooth anterior and posterior margins;
with pale yellow pubescence not obscuring integument (pubescence denser
on some areas, forming four moderately distinct pubescent maculae: one
centrally close to anterior margin, one centrally close to posterior margin,
and one on each side before), except glabrous impunctate areas. Sides of
prothorax matte and finely, abundantly, contiguously punctate, with pale
yellow pubescence not obscuring integument. Prosternum finely, densely
punctate on each side of posterior 2/3 (sexual dimorphism), coarsely,
shallowly punctate on center of posterior 2/3, finely, sparsely punctate on
anterior third (slightly transversely striate); sides of posterior 2/3 with pale
yellow pubescent band; remaining finely punctate area on posterior 2/3 with
abundant yellowish-white pubescence not obscuring integument, central
area of posterior 2/3 and anterior third with sparse yellowish-white
pubescence. Narrowest area of prosternal process 0.15 times procoxal
width. Mesoventrite with sparse yellowish-white pubescence centrally,
denser, not obscuring integument laterally. Mesanepisternum with
yellowish-white pubescence not obscuring integument. Mesepimeron with
pale yellow pubescence close to mesanepisternum, nearly glabrous close to
metanepisternum. Mesoventral process tab-shaped on apical sides; with
yellowish-white pubescence laterally, glabrous centrally; with one long,
erect yellowish-brown setae on each side of middle. Metanepisternum and
sides of metaventrite with abundant yellowish-white pubescence not
obscuring integument; remaining surface of metaventrite with yellowish-
white pubescence, gradually sparser toward glabrous central area; with long,
almost decumbent yellowish-brown setae interspersed. Scutellum with
yellowish-brown pubescence on sides of anterior 2/3, with yellowish-white
pubescence on sides of posterior third, glabrous centrally.

Elytra. — Coarsely, abundantly punctate on basal half (punctures
coarser, denser, close to suture on basal third), punctures gradually
finer, sparser toward apex; apex subrounded; with abundant pale
yellow pubescence not obscuring integument, slightly denser of basal
quarter; with long, erect, thick, moderately abundant yellowish-brown
setae interspersed.

Legs. — Femora with abundant yellowish-white pubescence not
obscuring integument, except bristly yellowish-brown pubescence
dorsally on meso- and metafemora (more conspicuous on metafemora);
Tibiae with yellowish-white pubescence not obscuring integument,
except inner side and ventral surface of apical third of mesotibiae, and
apex of ventral surface of meso- and metatibiae with yellowish-brown
pubescence. Metatarsomere I shorter than II-III together.

Abdomen. — Ventrites with abundant yellowish-white pubescence
not obscuring integument, and long, erect, thick yellowish-brown setae
interspersed; apex of ventrite V truncate.

Female (Fig. 6-9). — Differs from the male by having mostly large
punctures, similar in size to those at base elytra, on pronotal disk around
median callus and having the sides of the posterior 2/3 of prosternum
shiny, with coarse, sparse, separate punctures. The antennae are 1.2 times
elytral length, almost reaching posterior fifth of elytra.

Dimensions (mm) (male / female).

— Total length, 11.40-12.52/12.95-13.55;

— Prothoracic length, 2.49-2.50/2.51-2.60;

— Anterior prothoracic width, 1.65-1.70/1.85-1.90;

— Posterior prothoracic width, 1.88-2.10/2.17-2.20;
— Maximum prothoracic width, 2.30-2.35/2.41-2.45;
— Humeral width, 2.65-2.70/2.80-3.00;

— Elytral length, 7.10-7.25/8.15-8.60.

Faunitaxys, 9(9), 2021 : 1-6.

Figures 1-9. Anelaphus vandenberghei sp. nov.

1-5) Holotype, 3: 1) Dorsal habitus; 2) Ventral habitus; 3) Lateral habitus; 4) Head, frontal view; 5) Antennomeres III-V.
6-9) Paratype, 9: 6) Head, frontal view; 7) Dorsal habitus; 8) Ventral habitus; 9) Lateral habitus.

DEVESA S., LINGAFELTER S. W. & SANTOS-SILVA A. — New Elaphidiini from Nicaragua

Figures 10-15. Poecilomallus longispinus sp. nov., holotype, &.
10) Dorsal habitus; 11) Ventral habitus; 12) Lateral habitus; 13) Head, frontal view; 14) Antennomeres III-IV; 15) Palpi.

Figures 16-23. Poecilomallus palpalis Bates, 1892.

16) Female 1, head and pronotum; 17) Female 2, head and pronotum; 18) Female 3, head and pronotum; 19) Female 1, antennomeres III-IV;
20) Female 4, head and pronotum; 21) Female 5, head and pronotum; 22) Male, head and pronotum; 23) Male, antennomeres III-IV.

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Etymology. — We are pleased to dedicate this species to Eric
van den Berghe.

Remarks. — With one exception, all specimens of Anelaphus
vandenberghei sp. nov. have been collected in the winter
months of November through January, unlike most species of
Central American Anelaphus which are active in the spring and
early summer months from May through July. The species is
known only from Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Anelaphus
vandenberghei sp. nov. is similar to A. inermis (Newman,
1840) (see photographs on Bezark, 2021) but differs as follows:
antennae shorter in both sexes; pronotal pubescence denser
throughout; smooth central area longer than half of the
pronotum. In A. inermis, the antennae are longer in both sexes,
pronotal pubescence is distinctly sparser, except the four small
pubescent maculae, and the smooth central area is shorter
than half of the pronotum. It differs from A. colombianus
Martins & Galileo, 2003 and A. curacaoensis Gilmour, 1968
(see photographs on Bezark, 2021) by the body slender (stouter
in A. colombianus), and by the pronotal shiny central area
wider and more distinct; from A. dentatus Chemsak, 1962 by
the antennae distinctly shorter in male (longer in A. dentatus),
and by the apex of the sutural angle of the elytra not spiniform
(spiniform in A. dentatus); and from A. panamensis Linsley,
1961, especially by the antennae shorter in male (distinctly
longer in male of A. panamensis), but also by the glabrous
central area of the scutellum (pubescent in A. panamensis).

The female illustrated in Maes et al. (2010) was not included as
a paratype because we have seen only the photo and did not
examine it.

Poecilomallus longispinus sp. nov.
(Fig. 10-15)
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Holotype, 3: NICARAGUA, Granada: slopes of Volcin Mombacho
(11°49°39”N/85°47’57”W), about 1100 m, 04.11.2000, beating vegetation,
S. Devesa leg. (MHNUSC, temporarily in SDPC).

Description of the male holotype.

Coloration. — Integument mostly dark blackish; ventral mouthparts reddish
brown, except yellowish-brown apex of palpomeres; scape, pedicel, and most
of antennomere III dark brown; remaining antennomeres brown; coxae and
trochanters mostly dark reddish brown; femora and tibiae dark brown; tarsi
slightly lighter than tibiae; abdominal ventrites I-IV dark brown, except
yellowish-brown band near apex (less conspicuous on I); abdominal ventrite
V reddish brown.

Head. — Frons with large subtriangular smooth, glabrous area
centrally, from clypeus to beginning of antennal tubercles; sides
coarsely, abundantly punctate, with yellowish-white pubescence not
obscuring integument, denser close to eyes. Vertex coarsely,
abundantly punctate, except smooth longitudinal central area, and
nearly smooth narrow area close to eyes; with sparse yellowish-white
pubescence, and long, erect, thick yellowish-brown setae interspersed,
except glabrous smooth central area. Area behind upper eye lobes
nearly smooth close to eye, moderately finely, abundant punctate on
remaining surface; with yellowish-brown pubescence on punctate area,
and a few long, erect yellowish-brown or yellowish-white setae close
to eye. Area behind lower eye lobes smooth, glabrous on wide area
close to eye, somewhat finely rugose-punctate, with very sparse
yellowish-white pubescence close to prothorax and inferiorly close to
smooth area; with a few long, erect, thick yellowish-brown setae
inferiorly close to smooth area. Genae with yellowish-white
pubescence not obscuring integument, and a few long, erect setae of
same color interspersed, except glabrous apex. Antennal tubercles
moderately finely, sparsely punctate basally, smooth apically; with
sparse yellowish-white pubescence on punctate area, glabrous on

smooth area. Wide central area of postclypeus coarsely, abundantly
punctate; with sparse, bristly yellowish-white pubescence, and one
long, erect, thick yellowish-brown seta on each side; sides of
postclypeus smooth and glabrous. Labrum finely, sparsely punctate on
subhorizontal posterior area; with short, bristly, sparse yellowish-white
setae throughout, and a few long, erect, thick yellowish-brown setae
laterally on subhorizontal area; anterior margin with fringe of
yellowish setae. Mandibles coarsely, confluently punctate on outer
side of basal 3/4, smooth on apical quarter; punctate area of outer side
with yellowish-white pubescence not obscuring integument, and long,
erect, thick yellowish-brown setae interspersed; smooth area glabrous.
Maxillary palpomere IV and labial palpomere III strongly securiform
(Fig. 15). Gulamentum smooth, glabrous on posterior half, coarsely,
somewhat shallowly, moderately abundant punctate, with sparse
yellowish-white setae, and long, erect yellowish setae interspersed on
anterior half. Distance between upper eye lobes 0.4 times length of
scape (0.24 times distance between outer margins of eyes); in frontal
view, distance between lower eye lobes 0.78 times length of scape
(0.41 times distance between outer margins of eyes). Antennae 1.48
times elytral length, not reaching elytral apex. Scape finely,
abundantly punctate except smooth apex (smooth area wider on outer
side of dorsal surface and outer side); with yellowish pubescence not
obscuring integument (absent on smooth area), and long, erect, thick
yellowish-brown setae interspersed. Pedicel with sparse yellowish-
white pubescence, and long, erect setae interspersed (setae sparser,
thick, yellowish-brown dorsally, more abundant, yellowish-white
ventrally). Antennomeres with yellowish pubescence partially
obscuring integument, and long, erect, thick yellowish-brown setae
interspersed on III-XI (erect setae gradually, shorter, sparser toward
XI. Antennomere III (Fig. 14) with long spine on inner apex,
surpassing middle of antennomere IV (apex of spine distinctly blunt);
inner apex of antennomere IV (Fig. 14) with distinct spine (acute
apex) shorter than apical diameter of antennomere; inner apex of
antennomeres V-VII with spicule.

Antennal formula based on antennomere III:

— Scape = 1.13. — Pedicel = 0.25. -—IV = 1.13.—-V =1.13.-— VI= 1.25.
VII = 1.25.— VII = 1.25.- IX = 1.13.- X= 1.00. — XT = 1.13.

Thorax. — Prothorax longer than wide; sides uniformly rounded
from anterolateral angles to posterior sixth. Pronotum coarsely,
densely punctate except nearly smooth anterior and posterior area
close to margin, punctures coarser, more well-delimited on wide
central cross-area (part of transverse arm of cross-area smooth); with
yellowish-white pubescence not obscuring integument (pubescence
distinctly sparser close to anterior and posterior margin, transverse arm
of cross-area, and inferior region of longitudinal arm of cross-area),
and long, erect, thick yellowish-brown setae interspersed (erect setae
sparser close to anterior margin, and absent on posterior sixth). Sides
of prothorax coarsely, abundantly punctate close to pronotum,
punctures gradually finer, sparser toward prosternum; with yellowish-
white pubescence not obscuring integument, and long, erect, thick
yellowish-brown setae interspersed. Prosternum moderately coarsely,
abundantly punctate on sides of posterior 2/3, finer, distinctly sparser
on center of posterior 2/3, distinctly finer and sparser on anterior third;
with yellowish-white pubescence not obscuring integument on sides of
posterior 2/3, nearly absent on center of posterior 2/3, and very sparser
on anterior third; with a few long, erect, thick yellowish-brown setae
on sides of posterior third and close to anterolateral angles. Narrowest
area of prosternal process 0.08 times procoxal cavity. Central area of
mesoventrite with sparse yellowish-white pubescence, and sides with
abundant pubescence of same color; mesanepisternum and
mesepimeron with moderately abundant yellowish-white pubescence.
Metanepisternum with moderately sparse yellowish-white pubescence
on anterior half, denser on posterior half. Anterior half of sides of
metaventrite with moderately abundant yellowish-white pubescence
not obscuring integument, and sides of posterior half with dense
pubescence of same color; central area smooth, glabrous; area close to
smooth region with long, erect, thick yellowish setae interspersed
(base of some setae yellowish-brown). Scutellum with brownish
pubescence and yellowish pubescence interspersed, except apex with
dense yellowish-white pubescence.

6 DEVESA S., LINGAFELTER S. W. & SANTOS-SILVA A. — New Elaphidiini from Nicaragua

Elytra. — Coarsely, moderately abundantly punctate on basal third,
punctures gradually finer, sparser toward apex; apex concave centrally,
making outer and sutural angles projected; with wide, oblique
yellowish pubescent band from humerus to suture on anterior quarter,
wide, transverse whitish pubescent band slightly before middle, from
epipleural margin to near suture, and another transverse whitish
pubescent band on posterior quarter, from near epipleural margin to
near suture (narrowed toward suture); remaining surface with short,
fine, erect, sparse yellowish brown setae; with long, erect, thick,
sparse yellowish-brown setae throughout.

Legs. — Profemora subfusiform; meso- and metafemora clavate;
femora with yellowish-white pubescence not obscuring integument,
and long, erect setae interspersed (erect setae slightly yellower than
pubescence). Tibiae with yellowish-white pubescence not obscuring
integument, except ventral surface of protibiae, and ventral apex of
meso- and metatibiae with yellowish-brown pubescence, and long,
erect light yellowish-brown setae interspersed (erect setae longer
dorsally). Metatarsomere I about as long as I-III together.

Abdomen. — Ventrites with very sparse whitish pubescence, long, erect
whitish setae interspersed centrally on I-IV, and very long, erect, thick
yellowish-brown setae interspersed laterally on I-V, and apex of V; apex of
ventrite V rounded.

Dimensions (mm).

— Total length, 10.1;

— Prothoracic length, 2.3;

— Anterior prothoracic width, 1.4;

— Posterior prothoracic width, 1.6;
— Maximum prothoracic width, 2.0;
— Humeral width, 2.4;

— Elytral length, 6.3.

Etymology. — The epithet, /ongispinus, is based on the very long
mesal spine of antennomere three that reaches beyond the middle
of antennomere IV.

Remarks. — Until the discovery of this species, Poecilomallus was
known from a unique species, P. palpalis Bates, that ranged from the
southeastern coast of Mexico through Costa Rica. Poecilomallus
longispinus sp. nov. differs from P palpalis most notably by the inner
spine of the antennomere III (Fig. 14) distinctly surpassing the middle
of antennomere IV, and having the apex blunt. In males and females of
P. palpalis (Fig. 16-23), the inner spine of the antennomere III is

Résumé

shorter, reaching only to about middle of antennomere IV, and its apex
is strongly acute. Furthermore, the inner spine of the antennomere IV
is shorter than the apical diameter of the antennomere (Fig. 14), while
it is as long as diameter of the antennomere in males and females of
P. palpalis (Fig. 19, 23); the punctures on central cross-area of the
pronotum (Fig. 10) is coarsely and densely punctate (smooth or
sparsely punctate in males and females of P palpalis) (Fig. 16-18, 20-22);
and the elytral pubescent maculae are less dense than in all specimens
of P. palpalis, including in the holotype (see photograph on Bezark,
2021). Although we did not examine the palpi in males of P. palpalis
(missing in the single specimen examined), according to Larry G.
Bezark (personal information), the last segments are narrower than in
P. longispinus sp. nov., especially in the labial palpi.

Aknowledgments

We express our thanks to Larry G. Bezark for the personal
information on his specimens of Poecilomallus palpalis. We
thank the caretakers of all the collections listed in the materials
and methods, but especially Eric van den Berghe (El
Zamorano, Honduras) and also Daniel Heffern (Houston,
Texas, U.S.A.), Josef Vlasak (Schwenksville, Pennsylvania,
U.S.A.) and the late James E. Wappes who shared material
from their collections.

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Maes J. -M., Berghe E., Dauber D., Audureau A., Nearns E., Skillman
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Nouvelles espéces des genres Anelaphus et Poecilomallus (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae,
Cerambycinae, Elaphidiini) décrites du Nicaragua.

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New species of Anelaphus and Poecilomallus (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Cerambycinae,
Elaphidiini) from Nicaragua.
Sergio Devesa, Steven W. Lingafelter & Antonio Santos-Silvd. ...........00c000000008+ 1-6

Illustration de la couverture : Nicaragua: Provincia de Leon, Santa Rosa del Pefién (Photograph by

Alexander Konstantinov).

Crédits photos:
© Sergio Devesa : Fig. 1-5 & 10-15.
© Antonio Santos-Silva : Fig. 6-9 & 16-23.

© Alexander Konstantinov : couverture.

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